Dave, Brian, all, I get around the problem of the SELECT and COPY syntax differences by making a copy of the pick-flavored verbs (some platforms already have them) and I always execute COPYP and SELECTP and SSELECTP in my BASIC EXECUTE statements. Likewise you could create COPYI that is always the prime flavored even in a "pick-flavored-account" and then your hard-code can execute prime copy syntax -- which, granted, is easier to execute from within a basic program because its all on one command line rather than hitting return and responding to a prompt...
I have to get even trickier in SB+ -- which will not "officially" run in Prime and Reality flavored accounts. I can't get to their source code to control the verb, so I continuously swap-out the verb in before-and-after routines. And of course I avoid using SB+ for selections when I can. But F3 lookups are so fantastic and I'm loathe to reinvent them. So I swap out the verb when I have to. Yes, it's risky -- there could be a failure by another process executing SELECT at the same moment. But -- I minimize when I use it and I've been lucky. I've proposed (for years) to IBM that SB+ create the "P" verbs as part of the SB-enablement of an account and then change all the source code to execute those P-verbs at all times. It's a simple fix, has no downside and then voila! SB+ runs in all flavors. But I digress. (and fantasize that if anyone else thinks this is an issue perhaps they'll put their own weight behind my request.) :) Susan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:52:28 +0100 From: "Brian Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [U2] Universe/NT Rel. 10.0.10: How to run a program written and compiled in one flavor in another flavor? Dave The program flavor and $OPTIONS statement dictate the way the program is compiled: determining the specific object code generated. Which means that the BASIC code itself will run the same, regardless of the flavor of the account in which is runs. What won't work the same, of course, are flavor-dependent differences in any commands that you execute. For some commands, the simplest option is to create and execute your own synonyms by copying them from the appropriate flavor VOC. So for HUSH you might substitute the PICK flavor HUSH and call it PICK.HUSH. In a couple of places these are already provided: the COPY command has COPYI and COPYP versions in the VOC. Some aren't, e.g. CREATE.FILE has totally different syntax depending on flavor. It's the words 'any other flavor' that stand out. The main thing to catch you out is the differences in the enquiry syntax between PICK-like and INFORMATION-like flavors. Avoid using metacharacters on selections (SURNAME = "SMITH]") and use LIKE instead (works across flavors), and ensure that you use double quotation marks around literals. Brian ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
